Boat chock lock and fender and mooring cleat



Man}! 17, 1964 G. G. PETERSON BOAT CHUCK LOCK AND FENDER AND MOORINGCLEAT Filed on. 1, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 G/erm 6. Peterson 1N VEN TOR.

March 17, 1964 G. PETERSON BOAT CHUCK LOCK AND FENDER AND MOORING CLEA'I' Filed Oct. 1, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 9

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United States Patent 3,125,058 BOAT CHUCK LOCK AND FENDER AND MOORING CLEAT Glenn G. Peterson, 2817 NE. 32nd St., Pompano Beach, Fla. Filed Oct. 1, 1962, Ser. No. 227,229 7 Claims. (Cl. 1'14218) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in chocks particularly although not necessarily for the bows of boats of various types and sizes and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this character comprising novel means for positively retaining or locking the mooring or other line in said device.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide an improved boat chock of the aforementioned character which embodies unique means for releasably securing the line retainer or lock in an operative position.

Still another highly important object is to provide a boat chock of the character set forth which is also adapted to function as a fender and mooring cleat.

Other objects are to provide an improved boat fitting which is comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, compact, of light weight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of a portion of the bow of a boat, showing a pair of chocks embodying the present invention in use on the deck thereof;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the improved chock per se;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of the device, showing the line retaining lock or bar separated from the chock proper; 1

FIGURE 4 is a View in vertical longitudinal section through the device;

FIGURE 5 is a detail view in transverse section on an enlarged scale, taken substantially on the line 55 of FIGURE 4;

FIGURE 6 is a View in side elevation, showing the device in use as a fender cleat;

FIGURE 7 is a top plan view, showing the invention in use as a mooring cleat;

FIGURE 8 is a vertical sectional view, taken substantially on the line 8-8 of FIGURE 7, and;

FIGURE 9 is a perspective view of the anchor or connector forming a part of the mooring assembly.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the present invention which has been illustrated comprises an elongated base in the form of a bar 6 of suitable metal, which base may also be of any desired dimensions.

The end portions of the base 6 have formed therein openings 7 which are shaped to accommodate flat headscrews or the like 8 for securing the chock in position for use on the deck 9 of a boat 10.

Formed integrally with the base 6 at longitudinally spaced points thereon is a pair of upwardly and inwardly curved arms 11 between which a mooring cable, element or line 12, for example, is slidable. The free end portions of the guide arms 11 have formed vertically therein threaded openings 13 and 14.

A mooring or other line retaining bar or arm 16 is adapted to bridge the arms 11. The bar 16 is pivotally secured on the arm 11 which includes the opening 13. A

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countersunk'pivot screw 15 secures the bar 16 on the respective arm 11, said screw 15 being threaded into the opening 13. An opening 17 in one end portion of the bar 16 is formed to accommodate the countersunk pivot screw 15. Toward this end, the opening 17 comprises an enlarged or counterbored upper portion 18 which receives the head of the pivot screw 15.

Mounted on the other arm 11 is an upstanding post or keeper in the form of a headed screw 19 which is threadedly mounted in the opening 14. The keeper 19 is adapted to releasably secure the locking bar 16 in an operative position on the arms 11. Accordingly, the free end portion of the bar 16 has formed transversely therein a generally U-shaped notch or recess 20 for the reception of the shank of the screw or keeper 19. The upper portions of the walls of the notch or recess 20 are provided with a rabbet 21 which accommodates the head 23 of the keeper 19. Thus, a horizontal shoulder 22 is provided in the notch or recess 2% which is engageable beneath the head 23 of the keeper 19. As shown to advantage in FIGURE 5 of the drawing, the shoulder 22 of the bar 16 is inclined downwardly and inwardly, as indicated at 24. The construction and arrangement of parts is such that a snap action is had when the bar 16 is forced into operative engagement with the keeper 19.

It is thought that the use of the device as thus far described will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, the chock proper 25 is secured in the desired location such as the gunwale 26 of the boat 10. As hereinoefore stated, the opposed, coacting arms 11 slidably receive the line 12 therebetween. With the line 12 engaged in the chock 25 the bar 16 is snapped to closed position on the keeper 19 thus positively retaining or locking the line in said chock. The downwardly and inwardly inclined shoulder 22 in the recess or notch 20 is engaged beneath the head 23 of the keeper 19 for frictionally locking the arm 16 is closed or operative position. As shown in FIGURE 1 of the drawing, wherein reference numeral 27 designates a pair of moorings or other anchoring means over which the lines 12 are looped in the usual manner as indicated at 28, two of the chocks are in use on the bow 9 of the boat 10, one for each of said lines. Of course, any desired number of the devices may be used and located in various positions on the boat.

As illustrated in FIGURE 6 of the drawing, the device is also particularly useful as a fender cleat. When so used, the usual loop 29 on one end of the line 30 of a fender 31 is slipped on the bar 16 and said bar is then snapped to closed position thereby positively preventing accidental detachment of the line. The device is installed with the notch or recess 20 in the bar 16 opening out wardly. Thus, the weight of the fender 31 or any strain on the line 30 pulls the bar 16 against the keeper 19 for further securing said arm in operative position.

In FIGURES 7 and 8 of the drawing, reference numeral 32 designates the vertical suspended cable, line or plastic-coated rod of a mooring for the boat 10. To moor the boat 10 to the line 32, a connector 33 is used in conjunction with the chock or cleat 25. The connector 33 includes a stop or anchoring bar 34 of suitable dimensions and material which is adapted to abut the inboard side of the chock or cleat 25. The intermediate portion of the bar 34 is provided with a pair of openings 35 and the end portions of a mooring element or tethering means in the form of a loop 36 are anchored in said openings, said loop comprising, in the embodiment shown, a plasticcoated cable.

In use, the connector 33 is mounted for vertical sliding movement on the line 32 where said connector remains, said line 32 passing through the loop 36, as shown. With the bar 16 in open or inoperative position, the bar 34 is placed longitudinally against the inboard side of the chock or cleat 25, the arms 11 receiving the loop 36 therebetween. The bar 16 is then swung to closed position for retaining the loop in an obvious manner.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A boat fitting comprising a chock including a pair of spaced, opposed arms, a mooring device comprising a bar engageable laterally with the chock and further comprising a mooring element on the bar extending transversely between the arms for connection to a mooring member, and means for securing the element in the chock, said element including a loop having its ends anchored to the bar, said loop being adapted to slidably receive the mooring member.

2. The combination of claim 1, said means comprising a bar pivotally mounted at one end on one of the arms and releasably engageable at the other end with said other arm for bridging said arms.

3. The combination of claim 2, together with means for releasably securing the second-named bar in an operative position bridging said arms.

4. The combination of claim 3, said second-named bar including a free end portion having a lateral rabbeted recess therein, the last-named means comprising a headed keeper on the other arm frictionally engageable in the recess.

5. A boat fitting comprising an elongated horizontal base for mounting on a boat, a pair of spaced, opposed arms on the base for receiving an element therebetween, a bar pivotally mounted on one of the arms and engageable with the other arm for retaining the element between said arms, and a keeper on said other arm for releasably securing the bar in an operative position, said keeper including a screw threadedly mounted on said other arm and comprising a head spaced therefrom, said bar being engageable with the keeper from one side of the base and including a free end portion having a lateral recess therein for receiving the keeper, the wall of the re cess having a rabbet therein for receiving the head and providing a shoulder engageable therebenea-th, said shoulder being inwardly and downwardly inclined for frictionally securing the bar to the keeper.

6. A boat fitting in accordance with claim 5, together with a fender comprising a suspension line connected to the bar from the other side of the base for further securing the bar to the keeper.

7. A boat fitting comprising a chock including a base from one side of which projects a pair of arms which curve toward and. are spaced from each other at their free ends, an elongated bar laterally engaged with and spanning the distance between said arms adjacent said base, elongated tethering means secured at one end to said bar intermediate its ends, loosely received between said arms and adapted at the other end for connection to a mooring member, and means connected between the free ends of said arms preventing lateral movement of said tethering member outwardly between the free ends of said arms.

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5. A BOAT FITTING COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HORIZONTAL BASE FOR MOUNTING ON A BOAT, A PAIR OF SPACED, OPPOSED ARMS ON THE BASE FOR RECEIVING AN ELEMENT THEREBETWEEN, A BAR PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON ONE OF THE ARMS AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE OTHER ARM FOR RETAINING THE ELEMENT BETWEEN SAID ARMS, AND A KEEPER ON SAID OTHER ARM FOR RELEASABLY SECURING THE BAR IN AN OPERATIVE POSITION, SAID KEEPER INCLUDING A SCREW THREADEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID OTHER ARM AND COMPRISING A HEAD SPACED THEREFROM, SAID BAR BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH THE KEEPER FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BASE AND INCLUDING A FREE END PORTION HAVING A LATERAL RECESS THEREIN FOR RECEIVING THE KEEPER, THE WALL OF THE RECESS HAVING A RABBET THEREIN FOR RECEIVING THE HEAD AND PROVIDING A SHOULDER ENGAGEABLE THEREBENEATH, SAID SHOULDER BEING INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY INCLINED FOR FRICTIONALLY SECURING THE BAR TO THE KEEPER. 